The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-09
A Bright Schemer.

riding on horseback through the
woods of Arkansaw, came upon .
liar looking fellow sitting under
deeply interested in sort of dia-
n, which, with short stick, he was
wing in the sand.
How are youp" said the boomer,
mounting.
saint complaint. the fellow re-
led, cotemplatinga fresh mark which
made in the sand.
"You seem to be lay 1g off a town
lere."
mo, | amt dom that, nuther."
Must be some sort of land scheme
pu've got on hand"
mo, it amt that. nuther."
II was in hopes so. You see my
YIsiness-"
mo, l didn't see yore bizness. nuth-
j."
, "Wait minute. 1 say my business
is to 90 into neighbour God and inn
mediately bring up the value of land by
stimulating a spirit of speculation,
Say for instance, that you've got one
hundred acres that you'd like to sell
but for which you have not found a
market. see you secretly and enter
into an arrangement with you. Short
ly afterwards | meet you at the cross
roads where you are sitting with
a number of fellows. / meet you as il
for the first time, fall into conversation,
gradually come down to land matters
and after awhile ask you who owns
certain tract. You do. would like
to buy it. You regard the matter care
lessly. just as 1 observe you are admira'
bly, fitted to do, and without giving me
any satisfaction, get up and go oil.
Then | take out sort of map and after
looking over it for some time humble
something about new railroad, as if
don't care about anybody hearing me
and after showing considerable anxiety
concerning you, ask where you have
gone. and start out to look for you.
fail to find you and come back to the
place where the fellows are sitting.
Finally explain all about the new rail
road, and speak of you as most fortu-
nate fellow, for the new depot is gong
to be located on your land. l start out
to look for you again, and while
am gone you come back, BY this time
those fellows have formed sort OF
syndicate to cheat you out of your place.
The leader begins to ask about youl
land, all the time keeping sharp look
out to see if am coming back, and the
first thing you know you've sold your
place for ten times as much as 1t is
worth. After that, of course you give
me certain per cent. of the money.
Seep"
The dlagrammaker sprang to his
feet, knocked the boomer down ano
kicked him; and AS he was trying to gel
up, knocked him senseless. When the
boomer came to. he raised up and said
win GU let me go nowP"
The peculiar-looking fellow glanced
up from the diagram. upon which he
had resumed work, aud replied:
Reckon you'd better"
The boomer got up, and, after brush
ing the sand off his clothes, said.
"Would you mind telling a stranger
who is acquainted with the social Gus
toms of the community, why you
thumped me around that wayP"
mo, wouldn't mind. You see, s
Teller with the same game come
through here about month ago. an !
was one of the fools that was roped
into buyin' old sedge field that AIM
with ten cents.
THANK you for your information.
do not care to be inquisitive, but
will YOU please tell me what sort of 8
map that is you are working on sc
intentlyp
II am tr, in to see eff ken make 8
map shown how a railroad ken gil
round cypress swamp, over bayou
over sand mountain. through another
swamp and then git to the old helo
that possul of us fellers bought
Stranger, reckon you'd better mosy
along. now" --ArkdnsdD Traveller.